get back up again

after awhile
you stop looking. stop waiting,
stop
thinking too hard about
it all.
you move on.
there are books to read.
movies to watch.
poems to write.
you get your house in order.
your life.
you get tired
of being tired.
you don't even check your phone
anymore,
or your e mail.
and at night, you just lock
the door
and go up
the stairs. there is a whole
other world
out there. it reaches a
point of giving
up and finding someone who
really cares.
it's not how we fall, but how
we rise
and get back up again.